, eds ##on did it that night . he stood just behind the front lines – stood , when most of us hugged the ground . " during the heavy fighting , portions of three japanese companies , including two from tam ##ura ' s and one from wat ##ana ##be ' s battalions , skirt ##ed the marine defenses on the ridge , while suffering heavy losses from marine gunfire , and reached the edge of " fighter one " , a secondary runway of henderson field . a counterattack by the marine engineers stopped one japanese company ' s advances and forced it to retreat . the other two companies waited at the edge of the jungle for reinforcements to arrive before attacking into the open
, edson did it that night. he stood just behind the front lines – stood, when most of us hugged the ground. " during the heavy fighting, portions of three japanese companies, including two from tamura's and one from watanabe's battalions, skirted the marine defenses on the ridge, while suffering heavy losses from marine gunfire, and reached the edge of " fighter one ", a secondary runway of henderson field. a counterattack by the marine engineers stopped one japanese company's advances and forced it to retreat. the other two companies waited at the edge of the jungle for reinforcements to arrive before attacking into the open